Tie-holder.



No. 643,330. Patented Feb. I3, I900.

' J. A. MEABS.

TIE HOLDER.

(Application filed Oct. 25, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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JAMESA. MEARS, OF ELIZABETH, NEIV JERSEY.

TIE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,330, dated February13, 1900..

Application filed October 25, 1898. Serial No. 694,511. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES A. MEARS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elizabeth, Union county,in the State of New Jersey,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Holders, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to improvements in holding or retaining devices forneckties, cravats, (to, and has for its object more particularly toprovide a simple and efficient holder for bow and other small ties,which holder may be invisibly arranged in the collar and neckband of ashirt beneath the tie to engage and hold the body thereof in position atthe front of the collar.

The object above set forth I am enabled to attain by means of myinvention, which consists in the novel details of construction and inthe combination, connection, and arrangement of parts, as hereinaftermore fully set forth, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,wherein like letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is aside View, greatly enlarged, showing a tieholder constructed accordingto and embodying myinvention, the head thereof being adjusted forinsertion. Fig. 2 is a-similar view showing the head adjusted at rightangles to the shank and the engaging device projecting above the same.Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the holder with the head adjusted to theposition illustrated at Fig. 2. Fig. l is a detail top or plan viewshowing a portion of a neckband, collar, and tie with my holder appliedthereto. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail perspective view of a modifiedform of shank; and Fig. 6 is a section thereof, taken on the line 6 6 ofsaid Fig. 5.

In said drawings, A designates the holder, comprising the base B, uponwhich is secured a fiat shank 0, having longitudinal clips or ears a astruck up therefrom, and D denotes a head which is adjustably secured tothe upper end of the shank (J and provided with a slot 1), which extendspartly across said head from its center to a point adjacent to its pe-'riphery.

Edenotes a pin the lowerend of which may be secured to the side of theshank G by soldering or any other convenient manner, but

preferably by clamping the same within the clips or ears or a, as hereinshown, and the upper end pointed and free, which pointed end projectsupward above the top of the shank Oand through the slot 1) in the head Dwhen the same is adjusted to a position at right angles to the shank.

In the modification illustrated at Figs. 5

and 6 the shank O is provided with loop-sec-- tions ct ct, which areadapted to receive and hold a pin.

It is to be observed that in constructing the holder the pin E should bemade of such length that the point thereof will not project beyond theoutline of the head D when the same is adjusted to the positionindicated at Fig. 1, in order that the edge of the head adjacent to thepoint will serve as a guard or shield for said pin when the holder isbeing inserted in the neckband and collar. It is to be further observedthat while the holder has been designed more particularly to hold thebody of a tie in position at the front of the collar the same may,nevertheless, be applied to the back of a collar to hold the band of thetie and prevent the same from slipping upward upon the collar.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that the pin Eprojects forward in a straight line at right angles to the base andmaintains this position at all times, although the holder may beslightly turned within the buttonholes by the movements of the wearer.This position of the pin with relation to the base prevents bothvertical and lateral movement of the necktie and the disengagement ofthe tie from the pin by either an upward or sidewise movement of thenecktie.

WVithout limiting myself to the details of construction, which may bevaried within the scope of the invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A tie-holder comprising a base, a shank secured thereto, a headhinged to the end of said shank having a slot therein extending from apoint adjacent to the center of said head to a point adjacent to itsperiphery, and a straight pin arranged parallel to said shank, havingone end secured thereto, the free end of said pin being adapted to liewithin the circular outline of the head when the latter is turned to aposition parallel with its shank,

ter is turned to a position parallel with its shank, and to projectbeyond said head at right angles thereto when the head is parallel I 5with the base.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York,this 22d day of October, 1898.

JAMES A. MEARS.

Witnesses:

GUSTAVE DIETERICH, JOHN KEHLENBEOK.

